And now, the gallery…

Isn’t this a spiffing picture? It’s called Hiking and it was painted circa 1936 by Northumberland-born artist James Walker Tucker. A bright, bold and forward-looking tempera masterpiece from rambling’s interwar golden age, it’s probably my favourite artwork so far in the catalogue of walking art I’m compiling. Note to you: Which artists and works would you include in a walkingthemed art exhibition? I’d love to know: